助力实现“双碳”目标！宁诺再添重量级国际联合实验室

近日，浙江省科学技术厅发布《关于公布2023年度省级国际科技合作载体认定名单的通知》，宁波诺丁汉大学“浙江-德国智能电网技术联合实验室”成功被认定为省级国际联合实验室。

一直以来，宁诺都非常重视国际合作与交流。浙江-德国智能电网技术联合实验室（以下简称“国际联合实验室”）由宁波诺丁汉大学与德国基尔大学联合共建，两校自2019年起便建立了长期的科研合作关系。在多年合作实践的基础上，为进一步深化合作维度，2023年国际联合实验室正式成立。

依托双方学科优势和国际资源，国际联合实验室致力于在智能电网、数字孪生等前沿技术领域开展科研创新、人才培养、技术转移、产业发展、社会服务等方面的工作，为地区经济与社会的高质量可持续发展提供科技支撑，助力实现碳达峰、碳中和目标。

该国际联合实验室负责人由宁波诺丁汉大学科研与知识交流代理副校长Giampaolo Buticchi和德国基尔大学电力电子系教授、弗劳恩霍夫国际信息研究所副主任Marco Liserre共同担任。两位教授在电子电气工程领域具有丰富的实践经验和突出贡献，奠定了多项智能电网和电力电子技术的基础，还联合首创了配电网智能变压器的概念，并成功应用于实践，开发的智能变压器获苏格兰电力公司应用。

宁波诺丁汉大学科研与知识交流代理副校长，浙江省海外引进高层次人才，斯坦福-爱思唯尔全球前2%科学家（终身科学影响力），英国皇家航空学会（RAeS）会士，英国高等教育学会资深会士，英国工程技术学会（IET）会士，电气与电子工程师协会工业电子学报副主编，IEEE高级会员。

UNNC lab recognised as provincial-level international joint laboratory

Recently, the Zhejiang-Germany Joint Laboratory on Smart Grid Technologies of the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) was successfully recognised as a provincial-level international joint laboratory. The Joint Lab was co-established by UNNC and University of Kiel. The two parties have built a long-term scientific cooperative research relationship since 2019.

Based on the advantages and international resources of the two sides, the Joint Lab is committed to carrying out cooperation in scientific research and innovation, talent exchange and training, resource sharing, providing scientific and technological assistance for the sustainable growth of the regional economy and society, contributing to the attainment of peak carbo and carbon-neutral objectives.

The directors of the Joint Lab, Professor Giampaolo Buticchi, Interim Vice Provost for Research and Knowledge Exchange at UNNC, and Professor Marco Liserre, Head of the Chair of Power Electronics at the University of Kiel and Deputy Director of Fraunhofer ISIT, have been engaged in scientific work together for more than 10 years, laying the foundation of several smart grids and power electronics technologies. They have also pioneered the concept of smart transformers for distribution grids and taken it to the maximum heights of engineering. The smart transformers were successfully applied by Scottish Power.

So far, the Joint Lab has cooperated in order to publish more than 50 papers, applied for four international patents, one of which has been granted, received three awards, and carried out two collaborative research projects, one of which has been granted funding of 270,000 Euros by the German Science Foundation.

Professor Buticchi remarked: “I expect the laboratory to grow into an international platform for knowledge creation and talent exchange, with the objective to accelerate the energy transition and support the idea of a greener future.”